Author of "Microservices Patterns" and Microservices.io creator Chris Richardson sits down with us for a round and talks about the common antipatterns found in microservice architectures and discusses the decision-making process for their adoption.

"Microservices Antipatterns and the Things You're Doing Wrong" with Chris Richardson

In this episode of Cocktails, API expert, author, and advisor at API University Matthias Biehl talks about OAuth and how implementing the protocol securely protects APIs as well as microservices.

Understanding OAuth and Web-API Security with Matthias Biehl

ThoughtWorks' Director of Next Tech Incubation Zhamak Dehghani joins us for a round on Cocktails and talks about how she founded Data Mesh and the concepts behind it. She expounds on the decentralization and productization of data and discusses the importance of the discovery of new paradigm shifts in the industry.

Data Mesh: Defining a New Data Architecture Paradigm with Zhamak Dehghani

In this episode of Cocktails, “The Evil Tester” Alan Richardson joins us for a round and discusses how we can change our approach towards testing, as well as the important qualities that a good tester should have. He also talks about Agile Testing in relation to development, as well as various models on testing that we're seeing today.

Changing your approach to testing with Alan Richardson

In this episode, 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know Kevlin Henney joins us for a round, where he talks about a collection of thoughts and pieces from different experts and leaders in Java programming and sets the record straight on why programming languages, including Java, will never die.

97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know with Kevlin Henney

Going from a Marine into a hacker is quite the story. In this episode, world-renowned cybersecurity expert Bryan Seely tells us what it's like, as he tackles various issues hacking and cybersecurity, and what companies can do to protect themselves against attacks.

From US Marine to Hacker: A story on cybersecurity with Bryan Seely

In this episode, Senior Research Associate from Cambridge University and author of "Designing Data Intensive Applications" Martin Kleppmann discusses how they are finding ways to make software collaboration and ownership properly coexist through their "local-first software" project, which will allow users to work offline without compromising important security aspects and user data control.

Designing Data Intensive Applications with Martin Kleppmann

Are microservices really the solution that could help make your teams more autonomous and speed up your delivery to the market? Microservices author and thought leader Sam Newman answers this, and talks about what you need to consider before you do your migration (or if a migration is even necessary).

Why microservices should be your last resort with Sam Newman

In this episode, author of The Agile Idea Zigurd Mednieks joins us and discusses the important concepts in the Agile methodology, how it has evolved, and the approach modern organisations should take towards it. He also lets us in on how some tech giants apply agile in their management and how it helps facilitate digital transformation.

Exploring the Agile Idea with Zigurd Mednieks

In this episode, we take a look at the importance of testing and a good test strategy model when developing software and APIs. We are joined by Ministry of Testing's OpsBoss and author of Testing of Web APIs Mark Winteringham, who tells us why he advocates for API testing even before a line of code is written. He also talks about how testing helps control risk and quality during the development lifecycle, and how it can help bring IT teams and stakeholders together on the same page.

Testing Web APIs with Mark Winteringham

What makes OpenAPI today’s standard when it comes to designing APIs?

This episode, we tackle the advantages of using the OpenAPI description format and its proper applications when designing APIs. SmartBear senior architect Joshua Ponelat and API consultant Lucas Rosenstock, co-authors of “Designing APIs with Swagger and OpenAPI,” give us a closer look at the specification and tooling that has become the standard choice today and share some tips in building well-designed APIs

Designing APIs with Swagger and OpenAPI with Joshua S. Ponelat and Lukas L. Rosenstock

What exactly does GDPR mean for businesses and API developers? In this episode, we talk about the important concepts on GDPR and how APIs can help organisations with compliance. We are joined by the APIDays Conference founder and ALIAS co-founder Mehdi Medjaoui, who also discusses the API-as-a-product mindset and some of the most popular API styles today.

Enabling GDPR compliance through APIs with Mehdi Medjaoui

Two of the most popular message brokers used today are JMS and Kafka. While both have their own pros and cons, which one should you actually use? In this episode, we have our first-ever Technology Smackdown, where we pit two technologies or architectural styles against each other for a friendly sparring match. Today, we find out how JMS and Kafka stack up against each other and how they apply to certain use-cases. Joining us are Red Hat’s Senior Principle Software Engineer Clement Escoffier for the JMS side, and Confluent’s Field CTO Kai Waehner for the Kafka side.

JMS vs. Kafka: Technology Smackdown with Clement Escoffier and Kai Waehner

While SOLID is the known standard when it comes to software design and architecture, it may be hard to apply for some as it limits developers to specific techniques in going about it. 

In this episode, Daniel Terhorst-North, originator of Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)and Deliberate Discovery, presents his arguments on why SOLID isn't exactly the best bet when if comes to design principles, offering an alternative that can help against the misapplications of various agile practices.

What’s wrong with SOLID and Test Driven Development with Daniel Terhorst-North

Event-driven architectures are known to improve agility and scalability in systems while offering a great advantage when used with microservices. In this episode, we take a deeper dive into event-driven microservices with Confluent Staff Technologist Adam Bellemare, who discusses the concepts, patterns and workflows behind event-driven architectures in a microservices setting.

Building event-driven microservices with Adam Bellemare

As systems continue to become more and more distributed, optimising and organising logs becomes much needed as well. In this episode, Oracle Cloud Developer Evangelist and author of "Logging in Action" Phil Wilkins leads us in a discussion on unifying logs and proper log management through the use of Fluentd. He also talks about the importance of making log entries easier to understand and achieving "Clear Language."

Logging in Action with Phil Wilkins

According to Gartner, organisations will be investing in more hyperautomation initiatives in 2022 in order to increase efficiency and to deliver a better digital experiences to their customers. These initiatives will include both business process automation (BPA) and robotic process automation (RPA). 

In this Technology Smackdown, we were joined by Tom Taulli, author of “The Robotic Process Automation Handbook" and Nandan Mullakara, CEO of Innomatiq, to explore  the differences between the two automation approaches, and how each can help drive digital transformation forward within organisation.

RPA vs. BPA: Which approach to automation is right for you?

Over the last two decades, REST has become the de facto standard when it comes to designing Web APIs, as it doesn't require any special initialisation or libraries when working with APIs and offered structured access to resources. But as the need for more efficiency and flexibility for requirements arose, GraphQL started to become a favored alternative. While both offer their own advantages, which one should you be using?  

Two key folks from Postman answer this on our third Technology Smackdown, with OpenAPI Lead Arnaud Lauret returning to represent REST and Open Technologies Technical Lead Doc Jones for the GraphQL side.

REST vs. GraphQL with Arnaud Lauret and Doc Jones

The API industry is rapidly evolving, and so are the trends that impact its landscape as well. In this episode, ALIAS co-founder and APIDays founder Mehdi Medjaoui returns and talks to us about the “API Industry Landscape 2022” report. He shares his findings on the trends that drive the growth of APIs and API tool providers and companies, the impacts of regulation, and what the future holds for the industry.

Exploring the API Landscape in 2022 with Mehdi Medjaoui

What exactly does it mean to be a Developer Advocate and what roles do they play in the development community? In this episode, we talk to Geertjan Wielenga, author of “Developer, Advocate!,” who answers what a Developer Advocate actually does and who qualifies as one. He also discusses the ethics of Developer Advocacy, the challenges in connecting and interacting with the developer community, and how he was able to gather information and learning experiences from 32 fellow developer advocates.

“Developer, Advocate!” with Geertjan Wielenga

What does it take for one to become a Product Manager? 

We find out in this episode. In this edition of Coding Over Cocktails, we are joined by Matt LeMay, author of Agile For Everybody and Product Management in Practice and co-founder of Sudden Compass, and talks to us about the responsibilities and qualities that entail being a product manager and how much technical knowledge is needed for the role. He also tells us why he is tired of Agile and how the power we delegate to made-up concepts is “weird.”

Making of a Product Manager with Matt LeMay

How does one go about managing API products in an organisation? Why is it important that we view APIs as products and practice product thinking?

Postman’s Product Strategy Leader Deep Goyal answers as she joins us in this round of cocktails. She also shares with us her experience and expertise during the course of her career as a former API Product Manager for Twilio and Paypal and tells us how evolving one important API metric can generate better revenues for an organisation.

API product management with Deepa Goyal

Getting started on DynamoDB? Join us for a round. 

This episode, we take a deep dive into DynamoDB with consultant and author of The DynamoDB Book Alex DeBrie, who talks to us about the database's key offerings, the problems it solves, use-cases and how to work around its consistency models.

A DynamoDB deep dive with Alex DeBrie

One of the ways organisations are looking to unlock more avenues for business and operational growth is through data. Couple it with AI, the possibilities are almost endless. 

In this round of cocktails, ThoughtWorks Australia’s Director of Data and AI Practice David Colls talks to us about data and AI capabilities and how they can be tapped for product development and business strategies. He also shares the ethical and societal implications of the growth of big data and AI and what our responsibilities are in the process.

Data and AI with David Colls

In this episode, we talk about the “smells” in API design that one should look out for. Keith Casey from ngrok’s Product and GTM Team tells us how to evaluate your API design, what a great (and terrible) API design looks like and how API design smells can be dealt with. He also talks to us about his time trying to figure out how much data is in the Library of Congress and his underlying goal of bringing good technology to the hands of good people.

API Design Smells with Keith Casey

With APIs designed to be automated and used by machines, they become easy targets for automated attacks and vulnerabilities as well. This episode, we find out what it takes for web APIs to be secure as they are rolled out. Joining us is active IETF member and author of "API Security in Action" Neil Madden, who discusses the dangers that an API is exposed to, its security mechanisms, and secure coding practices to keep your API safe from attacks.

API Security in Action with Neil Madden

Our guest for today is a consultant, author, and instructor. He's the founder of microapis.io and the author of "Microservice APIs". Recognised as a thought leader in the fields of cloud computing, DevOps, and automation, he speaks regularly at international conferences and frequently organizes public workshops and seminars.

Why you should be using a hexagonal architecture for microservices with José Haro Peralta

DaedTech LLC founder and Hit Subscribe CEO and co-founder Erik Dietrich discusses how modern enterprises can innovate by giving more independence to software engineers and the challenges that companies are facing when they decide to undergo digital transformation.

How to Approach Legacy System Migration with Erik Dietrich

ThoughtWorks Director and Software Architect James Lewis sits with us for a round of Cocktails to discuss how the evolution of microservices shaped better software development standards and how organizations worldwide can overcome challenges in migrating their monoliths and transition properly into microservices.

The Evolution of Microservices for Modern Software Development with James Lewis

Discussing the fundamentals of microservices and software architecture on this episode of Coding Over Cocktails is Software Architect and one of the authors of "Fundamentals of Software Architecture" Mark Richards, where he also answers whether microservices are evolutionary or revolutionary and explains why "best practices" in software architecture are non-existent.

The Fundamentals of Software Architecture and Microservices with Mark Richards

Coding Over Cocktails is created by TORO Cloud, a company that offers a low-code, API centric platform for application development & integration.

This podcast series will tackle issues faced by enterprises as they manage the process of digital transformation, application integration, low-code application development, data management, and business process automation.

Watch out for exciting and engaging content from guests who will touch on topics such as APIs as the center and foundation of applications, integrations, and business processes.

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